Turiya (t=urIy=) or Super-Conscious State
The Fourth (or
Turiya) state is thought of as that which is not conscious of the internal
world, nor conscious of the external world, nor conscious of both the worlds,
nor dense with consciousness, nor simple consciousness, nor unconsciousness. It
is unperceived, unrelated, incomprehensible, unthinkable and indescribable.
It is the essence of Consciousness manifesting as the self in all three states,
It is the end of all experience; it is all peace, all bliss and non-dual. This
Brāhmic state has to be realized and is called Turiya/ Super-conscious
state.
The truth about the transcendental state
of Turiya cannot really be described by or taught to anyone—it has to arise by
itself as a result of the individual drawing nearer to the Self. It is a matter
of spiritual evolution.
The individual self has been sleeping in
the darkness of ignorance created by maya from time immemorial. When jiva
wakes up at the dawn of Knowledge (in Turiya) after many many lives, the world
and its objects look unreal like dream objects to him even while he is
physically awake! The Turiya state is permanent Jnāna-Samādhi as
opposed to temporary Dhyāna-Samādhi. In this state one realizes that
waking world is also a transcendental dream world. He comes to realize
that the world is not as one sees, and what it really is cannot be seen, except
in Turiya state. This is not like one of the three states: waking, dreaming and deep sleep states of the
self.
The
world of duality exists only due to deep-rooted ignorance created by maya (m==y==
m==F=] wd] 8Et=m=<).
The Creator, Creation and Jiva (Jiva, Jagat and
Jagadisha) are one and the same with different forms and names. To perceive the
existence of Ātman only in the universe is Moksha.
For further study:
https://gita-society.com/om-purnamadah-purnamidam/